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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Literature Review
2.1 The rise of the Sex Ratio at Birth
2.2 Fertility Decline
2.3 One-Child Policy Variation - Data & Methods
3.1 Statistical Sources
3.2 Rating the Strength of Regulations
3.3 Statistical Methods - Empirical Results
4.1 Statistical Tests
4.2 Two Stage Least Squares Model - Conclusion
5.1 Regulations
5.2 Regional Characteristics
5.3 Implications - Appendix
Appendix A: Regulation Scores
Appendix B: Factor Reduction
Appendix C: Correlations within Regulations
Special Thanks
Special thanks to Professor Geoffrey S. Rothwell and my advisor, Professor Paul A. David for their guidance and support; to the Undergraduate Research Program and the donors of my Undergraduate Research Opportunity Grant for providing me the resources to work in Beijing; and to the China Population Information & Research Center and the Institute of Population Research for helping me gather data was otherwise unattainable.